--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > <snip> Isn't the whole premise of Maharishi's vision > > that TM is supposed to lead to "enlightened > > behavior?" > > Never heard that one. >
I don't know if you are simply parsing words, Jim -- in that MMY did not as I recall, use the term "enlightened behavior" as much as many others which signify improved action and behavior in all contexts of life from the practice of TM etc. A few among them: - "improved social behavior was 1/4 of the entire SIMS intro lecture format. Improved action -- based on fuller mental potential -- was another 1/4. - being in-tune with all the laws of nature - acting from the home of all the laws of nature - being established in the constitution of the universe - acting with grace - improed "deservabily" resulting from ones behavior - infinitely flexible action and behavior - acting from a level of overflowing fulfillment - being able "to give" in all social interactions - acting from an ocean of love - spontaneously providing life-supporting influence on all around him - even that blood relatives would gain benefit and their lives would improve - radiating bliss in ones actions - 100's of scientific charts and studies often alluded to regarding improved behavior fir many different benchmarks. - improved compassion and empathy I think the list could fill many pages. Since enlightenment in his view and teachings is the living emodiment of these qualities, the culmination of their fuller, if not full growth, then the concept, if not the words, "enlightened behavior" certainly have a strong context in the TMO. (Though I would not choose to use the term in that it, in its present usage, becomes quite nebulous.) You never heard MMY speak of any of this, improved behavior through TM? Or are you simply parsing words?
